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Macron calls again on Erdogan to free journalist

French president Emmanuel Macron asked his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for "the quick liberation and return to France" of journalist Loup Bureau. Bureau, 27, was arrested in July and charged for supporting terrorist groups after he went to report on Kurdish militia at the Syrian border. It is the second time Macron has spoken to Erdogan about the case since Bureau's release was denied.

Opinion

It seems as if the EU and some member states are trying to 'sell' European external action in Italy, Austria, Poland and Hungary as a key to solving internal issues – and thus pulling these missions into today's populist debates.

Most UK voters in a YouGov survey said they would remain part of the European Union should a second referendum be held now. The poll follows reports the EU is willing to make a concession on British exit demands.